单词 | pied friar |
释义 | > as lemmaspied friar pied friar n. [compare post-classical Latin frater de pica, frater picatus (c1250, a1270 respectively in British sources)] now historical (a) a member of a small order of friars originally based in Norwich; (b) a member of the Carmelite order of friars, whose habit is a brown tunic and a white cloak (see W. W. Skeat Student's Pastime §53). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > other religions > Pied Friars (Norwich) > [noun] pied friar1382 1382 [see sense A. 1a]. 1641 W. Prynne Antipathie ii. iv. 222 His body was buried in an old Church yard of the Pied Fryers. 1768 Hist. City & County Norwich 428 The college..belonging to the Pied friers, so called from their outward garment, which was black and white, like a magpye. 1901 M. Hewlett New Canterbury Tales 137 The Pied Friars also mourned, since in their church was none to sing the solemn music proper to the feast. 1995 Speculum 70 648 The Pied Friars, Williamites, and Brothers of Penitence of Jesus Christ..were banned by the Council of Lyons in 1274. < as lemmas |
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